I suggest configuring your sendmail server (i.e sendmail, Qmail, etc.) to
relay through your ISP. I have a client on twc. I did the same with their
mail server. Problem solved with no configuration changes on the clients.
The clients point the to the local mail server for mail.
On Thursday 05 February 2004 00:55, you wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
> > My wife was trying to send an email to a customer on AOL tonite and got
> > the following message back:
> >
> > 152 fatal error from smtp transport:
> > 554- (RTR:DU) The IP address you are using to connect to AOL is a
> > dynamic
> > 554- (residential) IP address. AOL will not accept future e-mail
> > transactions
> > 554- from this IP address until your ISP removes this IP address from
> > its list
> > 554- of dynamic (residential) IP addresses. For additional information,
> > 554 please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
> >
> > I tried telnetting into their mail servers, and got the same exact
> > message. We're on a residential DSL with dynamic IP.
> >
> > It sounds like AOL is blocking email from any dynamic IP. Is that right?
>
> Is it "right"?... ummm... It's quite possibly factual.
>
> > It sounds completely psychotic.
>
> Agreed. Though some would say it is a good thing. It probably does a
> very wee little bit to inconvenience stupid spammers. Personally, I'm a
> bit disappointed that only Big Brother's trusted huge corporations
> should be allowed to put a functioning MTA on the world's largest
> computer network.
>
> Was there a news item I missed?
>
> > Paul
>
> They started doing this in April last year, near as I could tell. Soon
> after, they expanded it to mail addressed to some TimeWarner/RoadRunner
> email accounts with rr.com endings. Since then I've seen it at qtm.net
> and sbcglobal.com. Haven't noticed any others in probably 6 months or
> more. Quickest fix might be to relay mail destined for the aol.com
> domain through your ISP's mail server.
>
> This link is kind of postfix-specific but might help give you the
> general idea.
>
> http://www.gschmidt.net/aolrant
>
> At least the message they give you now is much more informative than the
> one they had when they first started this crap.
>
> Buy a stamp and tell your AOL friend to switch ISPs,
>
> Greg
>
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